Will He Repeat Himself Yet Again?

Why not? The White Sox will win with a combination of pitching and hitting. Yesterday against the Royals, they got both, with Romy Gonzalez coming back from the dead to collect three hits and two RBIs in a 5-2 win over the Royals. Lance Lynn picked up his third win in his last four starts while Andrew Benintendi—how do you say Mike Hershberger reincarnated from the left side?—drove in two. A few random observations here, mostly on how bad the Sox start to the season has been. Even with his recent return to form, Lynn is sporting a 6.28 ERA; he needs to shave 2.29 runs off of that for me to get excited. As ever, I’m hopeful. And speaking of bad, Aaron Bummer has turned in six scoreless appearances out of his last seven, which is impressive, considering he had a 9.64 ERA coming into May. And now? Why, it’s down all the way to 8.40. Truly, baby steps. Last and certainly not least is Joe Kelly, that perpetual friend of the IL. Well, Kelly has kept himself injury-free long enough to post nine straight scoreless appearances out of the pen, totaling 9.2 innings, over which he’s given up one base hit. It’s easy to see why teams fall in love with Kelly—he’s a string bean with a funky stork/flamingo delivery who gets the ball up there in the high nineties. Right now, he has a 0.60 WHIP with nineteen strikeouts in 13.1 innings of work, good for a 2.70 ERA. Gonzalez hitting, Kelly healthy and dealing—however did we slip into this alternate universe? Just so long as we stay there, I don’t care.